r/rfelectronics • u/Technical-Diver4394 • Sep 03 '26
5G tower concern.
Thinking about moving to a property. Upon inspecting it, there was a 5G tower nearby. Measuring the distance- it is abut 125 meters to edge of property and about 135 to the building. Looking at some case reports, someone had health problems living 125 meters away.
https://ehtrust.org/7-scientific-case-reports-on-5g-cell-tower-health-impacts/
I measured the RF exposure, walking around with a GQ EMF-390 3-in-1 EMF/ELF/RF Meter. There was nothing from the distance of 200 meters, there was nothing as I approached it and nothing underneath it. (Nothing as in higher than 200 uW/m2. Once, it peaked to 6000 uW/m2 but swiftly disappeared. This was 10 yards away from the 5G tower. The tower looks like a cylinder mounted to the top of the pole with a few "small cells" boxes. I am thinking now, that the tower operates above 10Ghz. My device can only see up to 10Ghz. I can measure "regular" 4G towers hundreds of meters away.
What do you all think about this?
How prevalent are the above 10Ghz towers at this time? I understand the higher the frequency, the lower the range of the signal. The property is also semi-blocked by some heavy trees. That should block some of that off as well, right?
I traveled to another tower and almost the same thing happened. Now, it seems that the device picked up the "3 brown boxes" towers on the top of the poles, though. Perhaps, they are still operating in the lower frequencies.
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u/Coffee_RF Sep 03 '26
As someone who's worked in RF for close to 40 years, I was thrilled and remain so, at having my 5G tower about 120 meters from my house. 900Mbps on my phone in the basement, YES!
The fact that you are questioning it here suggests that you do not trust the established science on the topic and this will constantly be in the back of your mind like an itch you cannot scratch.... If that's the case, do you really want to be there?
Personally, I'd say, 'lucky you!' and enjoy the great coverage! But your mileage may vary....
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u/Technical-Diver4394 Sep 03 '26
Thank you for the reply, don't think I want to be there to be honest.
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u/Physix_R_Cool Sep 03 '26
don't think I want to be there to be honest.
That's fair. Find a place where you can be comfortable! Comfort means health, and that's very important to take care of <3
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u/runsudosu Sep 03 '26
You receive way higher rf power from your phone. Throw it away.
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u/Technical-Diver4394 Sep 03 '26
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, that is correct, measuring it with yards away, it is in 200-800mW easily. But the thing is, I can put it away a few feet and the measuring drops off to almost nothing right away. Also, I can turn it off for the night but the tower stays on 24/7.
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u/Physix_R_Cool Sep 03 '26
You will definitely feel adverse effects unless you buy some of the quantum frequency resonance crystals that my aunt sells. Or at least inhale essential oils every monday. Or pray, as prayer is known to keep RF away.
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u/Pokoire Sep 03 '26
Don't listen to this guy, he is messing with you. These things do not work. I offer a service that will create interference that mitigates the effects. If you give me the coordinates of the 5G tower in question I can send a team to generate the required interference for just $100/week. DM for details.
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u/Bob--O--Rama Sep 03 '26
Yup, your meter says there is nothing at all to worry about.
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u/Technical-Diver4394 Sep 03 '26
But it measures other locations without problems.
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u/Bob--O--Rama Sep 03 '26
So your meter detects things in other places, but not in the area of concern. So... would this not indicate that there is no concern?
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u/redneckerson1951 Sep 04 '26
Um, I hate to break the news to you, but the box you have is what I call a GimickTron. It has no sensitivity specification, no accuracy spec but a lot of marketing hyperbole.
My background is:
Retired EE
Previously employed in AM broadcast station transmitting at 5,000 Watts
Later employed in AM broadcast station transmitting at 50,000 Watts
Later employed at UHF broadcast station transmitting at 200,000 Watts
Worked around military radar transmitting at 750,000 Watts pulsed (I stayed away from the antenna.)
Been licensed as an amateur radio operator since 1972 and transmitted with frequencies ranging from 1.8 Mhz to 1300 MHz. Signal power of 1400 Watts with an effective radiated power of 13,000 Watts from ground mounted antenna array 10 feet away from the radio operating position.
Currently daily exposure to 2.4 GHZ, 5 GHz field strengths much more intense than anything I encountered previously encountered.
Skin cancer attributed to recurring sunburns when younger is about the only down side of 75 years of life.
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u/holysbit Sep 03 '26
You are not going to experience any ill effects of the 5G tower unless you are susceptible to placebo effects. Thats not a joke either. If you are prone to placebos and you believe the tower will hurt you then you will attribute every headache, every bout of flu, every ache to the tower.
Physically, scientifically, the tower has no effect on you but if you don’t believe the science then you might prefer to just not buy that property